Xinghan International Hankong Space Administration Bohai Bay Outpost.
Chen Xiaoran was at a loss when he received the order from the organization. He originally thought that he would at most become a driller for ground simulation experiments, or simply work as a ground crew or something.
But now his identity has changed.
"Explorer 9" has been put on the agenda, and the position that originally belonged to Yue Dongsheng has now been transferred to Chen Xiaoran.
The gate of the base is open, and hundreds of armed snowmobiles are densely lined up on the left and right sides, but they are not here to welcome big shots, but are a mobile ecological base.
That thing looks like a fluorescent stick from a distance, but it's only when you get closer that you realize how huge it is.
The nine-meter-long and four-meter-high snowmobile is like an ant encountering a moving mineral water bottle in front of it. This behemoth moves extremely slowly, and it is said that it will take another year to be installed in place.
Of course, during this period, the ecological base was in a state of efficient operation, and all activities related to "Explorer 9" were carried out internally.
When Chen Xiaoran came to report, she was not directed to the mobile ecological base immediately. Instead, she went to the underground dome of the outpost.
There, Chen Xiaoran saw for the first time the "Explorer 9" being assembled and the "Kuafu 3" that may be put into use ten years later.
The two Explorer-class spacecraft are not on the same scale.
"Explorer 9" is more like a child. It is only 97 meters long, 43 meters wide, and the highest point is only 15 meters above the ground. On the other hand, "Kuafu 3" is a super strong man.
It is 372 meters long, 100 meters wide, and the highest point of the hull is 75 meters above the ground. It is a truly huge vessel.
However, although "Kuafu-3" is large, it cannot take off from the ground like "Explorer 9". Although it is designed and built here, it will be dismantled into 10,000 components before officially starting its mission.
The unit is then transported via a space elevator to Starport 7, which the Star Han International Aeronautics and Space Administration officially started building five years ago.
There, "Kuafu 3" will be "reborn" and officially begin its mission.
The captain who was traveling with him said to Chen Xiaoran: "Originally it was supposed to take three years, but now that I heard what I said above, Explorer 9 may have to be launched ahead of schedule. We will all have enough to endure in the next year."
Chen Xiaoran was not familiar with the captain named Fang Shijie, and could tell that he was not Chinese.
However, we will perform tasks together in the future. Chen Xiaoran also responded with a smile: "Whatever comes, take care of it. I believe that your efforts will be rewarded."
Fang Shijie smiled slightly and said nothing.
After arriving at the reception center for new recruits, Chen Xiaoran and Fang Shijie had to go through a series of inspections and stay in a separate isolation room for a week before officially entering the base.
Chen Xiaoran was familiar with these procedures, but what surprised him was that this time the quarantine was not one person in a room, but three people in a room, two men and one woman.
Chen Xiaoran and Fang Shijie arrived together, so they were naturally assigned together.
But they don't know what kind of girl will be arranged next.
After putting down their personal belongings in the room, the two of them had a tacit understanding and did not rush to separate beds, but quietly waited for the arrival of the third person.
They arrived at around nine o'clock that night. They thought the girl would arrive after a while.
But it wasn't until the next morning that there was a knock on the door, and Chen Xiaoran, who was doing morning exercises with Fang Shijie, saw her future companion who was about to be quarantined with them for seven days.
"Hello." The girl was dressed in a smart army uniform with no number or epaulettes. She was simple and neat. But her eyes were very charming, a very special kind of dark blue.
Chen Xiaoran, who was doing sit-ups, quickly stood up.
Two young soldiers in their twenties were actually a little shy when they met a strange girl.
"Hello."
The girl looked at the three clean beds in the room and smiled slightly: "You guys slept on the floor last night?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiaoran looked back and replied: "No, we brought cold-proof sleeping bags."
The girl saw the neatly stacked sleeping bags, and her affection for Chen Xiaoran and Fang Shijie increased a lot: "My name is Hao Ying'ai, a trainee special service commander of a certain unit of the First Battalion of the South China Army."
After h finished speaking, he saluted the two older boys who were both soldiers.
Chen Xiaoran and Fang Shijie also quickly returned the military salute and introduced themselves.
This is their first encounter, and it also lays the foundation for them to face extremely cruel challenges together in the future.
During the seven days of closed isolation, the three people in the room could basically not hear any sounds from outside, and no one would come to disturb them. Even their meals were prepared in advance with fast food products.
During the seven days, the three of them made some brief self-introductions about their life experiences and inner personalities in order to quickly enhance their understanding of each other.
Through chatting, Chen Xiaoran learned.
Fang Shijie, like Chen Xiaoran, was not originally the first candidate for the Explorer 9 operation plan. The previous one had an accident and is still comatose, so Fang Shijie was temporarily replaced.
At the same time, Chen Xiaoran also learned that Fang Shijie was actually a little disgusted with outer space. He didn't like the claustrophobic environment, so he submitted reports to the organization many times to explain the situation, hoping that the organization would adopt it and select new talents.
But I don’t know the specific reason, but it was Fang Shijie who finally came to Bohai Bay.
Fang Shijie never raised any objections, and only said four words to his reluctant family members before leaving: "Obey the arrangements."
As for Hao Yingai, she should be the leader or deputy leader of this operation, because according to her own statement, after she learned that she was about to participate in the "Explorer 9" operation, the leaders of the First Battalion of the South China Army to which she belonged
He intends to cultivate her into a person with leadership qualities.
Hao Yingai lived up to expectations. Even if she faced a group of male soldiers who were dissatisfied with her, she was eventually subdued by Hao Yingai in her own unique way.
However, the seemingly perfect Hao Yingai also has a little problem.
That is, she has a certain degree of stress reaction to the presence of a strange environment. The degree of this reaction fluctuates depending on the specific environmental factors. Previously, Hao Yingai was arranged to go to the South China Shenzhou No. 3 Dome to reinforce a group of special service personnel performing arrest missions. As a result,
After arriving at the place, Hao Yingai fell seriously ill because the accommodation environment there was too dry and damp.
After hearing that both Fang Shijie and Hao Yingai had their own little problems, Chen Xiaoran felt a little weird.
Logically speaking, the problems faced by Fang Shijie and Hao Yingai are extremely inconsistent with the capabilities that "Explorer 9" should possess for the challenges it is about to face.
When inspecting personnel, organizations must try their best to avoid the interference of these uncontrollable variables on the execution of actions.
But now it seems that the organization has its own ideas.
When Chen Xiaoran talked about his problems, Fang Shijie and Hao Yingai's reactions were obviously greater than when Chen Xiaoran heard about their "weaknesses".
There is no other reason.
Chen Xiaoran, who almost lost half of her life, now relies on a set of bionic prosthetics to be intact.
But deep space voyages are not ground operations, and physical disability can be said to be the biggest taboo! When Chen Xiaoran heard that Yue Dongsheng could no longer carry out the "Explorer 9" mission for some reason, he never thought that he would be the replacement
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So like Fang Shijie, he reported his personal situation to the organization and frankly explained his problems.
However, the final result was exactly the same for Chen Xiaoran and Fang Shijie.
"There are indeed various problems in deep space voyages, but judging from previous analysis reports, the impact of physical integrity on mission execution has been minimal, because the only survivor of the last operation, Mr. Jin Yansheng, was also a wearer.
Disabled people with prosthetic bodies...well...of course, I'm not prejudiced against disabled people, I'm just talking about the situation." Hao Yingai expressed her opinion.
Chen Xiaoran didn't mind. He was a disabled person, but there was nothing to be ashamed of.
"Well, Sister Ai is right, I should be worrying too much." Chen Xiaoran is the youngest of the three, so naturally she calls Fang Shijie and Hao Yingai as brother and sister.
After a few days of getting along, the three of them became much more relaxed than when they first got along.
Fang Shijie smiled and said: "Maybe the shortcomings we think are rare shining points in the eyes of the organization? Do you think this is possible?"
When Chen Xiaoran and Hao Yingai heard this, they both looked at Fang Shijie in astonishment, probably thinking that this brother's brain circuit was really strange.
Finally the seventh day arrived.
Isolation is over.
Chen Xiaoran and the other three packed up their personal belongings early and put on the base clothes they received before the quarantine.
After sitting in the room for a while, no one came to open the door. Fang Shijie got up, walked to the door, pressed against it, listened to the sounds outside, and then wondered: "It's strange, didn't you say someone will come to take us to the training base after seven days?
?Why is there no movement?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened.
However, there was no one outside the door.
Fang Shijie looked out the door curiously, then froze on the spot.
"I'll go...what...what's going on?" Hao Yingai and Chen Xiaoran also stood up and walked over after hearing this.
When the two of them saw clearly what was happening outside the door, they both looked shocked.
I saw that the originally bright and clean base passage turned into a dark rock corridor, and the fungus substances densely packed like spider webs on the four walls shone dimly.
Chen Xiaoran's heart skipped a beat, and then he realized something. He said, "Could the special training start from this moment?"
Fang Shijie was startled when he heard this: "Huh? It started without any warning? No one notified us in advance."
Hao Yingai was relatively calm. She looked at the corridor extending downwards outside the door, then stepped back and took out a small flashing ball from her bag.
After activation, throw it out the door. The ball will roll and make a crisp sound.